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|nation = Kingdom of Nousuerian Isles | |nation = Kingdom of Nousuerian Isles | ||
|minority = France, Sweden | |minority = France, Sweden | ||
|agency = ''Det Nusveska Spròkets Monakakademi ''<br/>(The Royal Academy of the Nousuerian Language) | |agency = ''Det Nusveska Spròkets Monakakademi'' <br/>(The Royal Academy of the Nousuerian Language) | ||
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| un || œ̃ | | un || œ̃ | ||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress & Intonation==== | ====Stress & Intonation==== | ||
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*Compounds – these words have a stress on each of the parts of the compound, but the melody of each part is different. The first stress has a falling pitch and the last stress has a rising pitch. | *Compounds – these words have a stress on each of the parts of the compound, but the melody of each part is different. The first stress has a falling pitch and the last stress has a rising pitch. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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Normally, the present participle is used as an adjective, noun, adverb or preposition. | Normally, the present participle is used as an adjective, noun, adverb or preposition. | ||
===Derivation Morphology=== | |||
Nousuerian words can be derived from other languages, and even other Nousuerian words, through four main processes: | |||
*Borrowing - English 'computer' → Nousuerian ''kompiutare'' | |||
*Compounding - ''en lutj'' (lunch) + ''en eur''(hour) → 'lunch hour' | |||
*Affixation - ''u-'' + ''kontan'' → 'unhappy' | |||
*Abbreviation - ''fotograf' → 'foto' | |||
====Borrowing==== | |||
When a language is borrowed into the Nousuerian language, it is assimilated through orthography, pronunciation and inflection. | |||
====Compounding==== | |||
With compound nouns, the second noun determines the gender. | |||
There are three main methods to form compound nouns: | |||
*Noun + Nouns - ''en garson'' (boy) + ''en ami'' (friend) → ''en garsonami'' (boyfriend) | |||
*Noun (minus ''-a/e'') + Noun - ''en meute'' (meeting) + ''et plas'' (room) → ''et meutplas'' (boardroom) | |||
*Noun + ''s'' + Nouns - ''et universitet'' (university) + ''en liv'' (book) → ''en universitetsliv (college textbook) | |||
====Affixation==== | |||
Affixation is carried out by adding a prefix or suffix to a stem. Prefixes do not change the word class or inflection of the stem, but suffixes do. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Nousuerian syntax is very similar to English and Swedish, all being Germanic languages. | Nousuerian syntax is very similar to English and Swedish, all being Germanic languages. | ||